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Articles on automated cataloging, catalog formats and use cases.
Loan and hold notices in the library's own words
In Janium 2027 the library writes the greeting, the table and the closing of three circulation notices: a loan about to fall due, a hold ready for pickup, and a hold lent to someone else. If the library does not write its own, the text that ships with the system is used.
Cataloging from lists and spreadsheets
An Excel sheet already has the data written in each column. Collect carries it into the record and, if the row only names the work, completes the rest and marks what it added.
A batch inventory keeps going after the browser closes
In Janium 2027 a batch inventory is not canceled if the browser is closed or the connection drops. The job stays on the server, the page shows the phase, and another inventory cannot start until this one is finished.
Email code and password expiry in Janium
Janium 2027 can ask for a six-digit code from anyone who has email on the profile, and a new password when the period ends. With no email, sign-in stays as it is.
Signature of the cataloged PDF (NOM-151 and eIDAS)
Collect signs the PDF being cataloged with PKCS#7 and, if a time-stamping authority is available, an RFC 3161 timestamp. What that signature is, what it proves, and what NOM-151, LFEA and eIDAS require.
The Cutter number and the ISAD-G level
Collect calculates the Cutter number (Dewey and LC) and the ISAD-G level code with the published table or algorithm. It does not use the value the model proposes for those fields.
Works of art in CDWA with the Getty vocabulary
Collect produces CDWA Lite records for works of art and cultural objects: creator with role, technique and support, work and reproduction, and links to ULAN, AAT and TGN when the match is exact.
How to put book covers in the public catalog
How to put book covers in the Janium 2027 public catalog: with the ISBN, the system looks up the cover in Open Library and Google Books and attaches it to the record. It does not replace a cover already in the system. Without an ISBN there is no automatic lookup.
How to process documents with AI without exposing personal data
How to process documents with AI without exposing personal data: catalog locally, with nothing leaving, or send to the cloud a version where personal identifiers have already been replaced. Where that protection reaches and where it does not.